Christie
Hawkins Christie Hawkins received a BFA in glass and sculpture from the University of Wisconsin, River Falls, and an MFA in sculpture from the University of Minnesota. She has been at St. Olaf as Technical Supervisor since 1994. Hawkins’ recent work explores the use of machine embroidery as an abstract medium, and continues to refer to antique technical illustrations in that work. Christie also applies embroidery and woodworking to ecclesiastical art, most recently for Holden Village in Washington and the First UCC in Northfield. Christie’s solo shows include the Minneapolis Institute of Arts; The Catherine G. Murphy Galleries, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul; Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis; and the Northfield Arts Guild. Christie has been awarded the Bush Artist Fellowship; the Minnesota State Arts Board Career Opportunity Grant; t Christie has served as guest artist, lecturer, building consultant, fabricator, and teacher. She served as a member of the MAEP Artists' Panel at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, where she was also a guest curator. She volunteers regularly in her church and her community, and as always, approaches every home improvement as an art project. Reviews of Christie’s work have appeared in American Craft, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Art Paper, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Arts magazine and Vinyl. |
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he Largest Jury in the World (MAEP); the Blossom Festival School - Art Program Scholarship, Kent State University; and the Pioneer Scholarship and Brown/Mackenzie Scholarship, University of Minnesota. Her commissions and collaborations include the baptismal font at Holden Village; the Welcome Mural at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport; and a glass window-wall for the Northwest Area Foundation’s office in St. Paul.
